Has this been posted before?

[AWP]

I just found this video that was posted up the 14th of July. I did not find this on the PS2 info thread so i was unsure if this has been posted before.

http://www.g4tv.com/videos/54157/planetside-2-overview-combat-preview/


One of the things that stood out to me was around the 5:40 mark.

Higby starts to talk about how the mission system is used to spawn players. He also talks about how the HART timer is gone.


Still i have no idea if this is old news or not.

[Bags]

I haven't seen it before, but there's nothing new in it.

Adding it to my info thread i guess.

[FIREk]

I think this is news-worthy, actually.

Around 4:20 Matt said that each empire will have its own unique MBT and "its own unique main fighter". So the Mosquito may end up being TR-specific. :)

Well, I haven't heard this before, anyway.

[Bruttal]

I think this is news-worthy, actually.

Around 4:20 Matt said that each empire will have its own unique MBT and "its own unique main fighter". So the Mosquito may end up being TR-specific. :)

Well, I haven't heard this before, anyway.

MBT stands for Main Battle Tank, AKA Prowler, AKA Magrider, AKA Vanguard.

[headcrab13]

Around 4:20 Matt said that each empire will have its own unique MBT and "its own unique main fighter". So the Mosquito may end up being TR-specific. :)

Good catch, that IS pretty awesome. We haven't heard anything about empire-specific air vehicles yet. Not sure if the "main fighter" he's talking about would be the Mossie, Reaver, or some other ship, but I'm really looking forward to that.

I must have missed it before, but I also didn't know we'd be able to level multiple skills simultaneously. I figured we'd work on improving the assault rifle one day, then your tank the next day, then your stamina, etc. I'm excited that I'll be able to improve sniping, medic, and MAX all at once.

-HC13

[FIREk]

MBT stands for Main Battle Tank, AKA Prowler, AKA Magrider, AKA Vanguard.

Oh, I know that, I just mentioned that part to provide context. ;)

To date we have only seen the Mosquito in TR colors. Also, odds are the Vanu fighter will look like a Covenant Banshee, huh?

http://cookga.net/Halo/images/banshee.jpg

I'm pretty sure that by "multiple skills" he meant multiple skills in one queue, not multiple skills at a time, though.

[FastAndFree]

Finally we will be able to tell apart (at least some) aircraft by their silhouette!

I guess all aircav pilots are familiar with the Who's that let's fly at each other oh you are a friendly hi bye flyby

[Furret]

I love those flybys

I take the time to hit vvh to say hi and i forget to steer so we collide, i say hi, and they /tell me that i'm an asshole D:

[Jennyboo]

I'm pretty sure that background noise was Hamma and I doh :P

[Hamma]

hmm I thought this was posted before but I guess maybe it wasn't. I took a look through our news posts last month and nothing.

I'll get this posted up later today.

[Aractain]

Vara Intorestang!

Shame there will be common pool vehicles though, I love empire specific!

[Logit]

Vara Intorestang!

Shame there will be common pool vehicles though, I love empire specific!

It was the same way in the original.

A couple empire specific, with the common pools mixed in. I don't mind it being that way.

[basti]

A Empire specific fighter? ohhhhhhh wooot.

Maybe something new, besides the mossy and reaver?

[Aractain]

It was the same way in the original.

A couple empire specific, with the common pools mixed in. I don't mind it being that way.

And I hated the fact only 2 vehicles were empire specific and not even a single aircraft was. (BFRs were but... BFRs)

[CutterJohn]

Bah. More empire specific stuff. Here I'd hoped they'd try to balance the game better.

[Manitou]

I noticed Higby stated that "We are removing the timer on the shuttle". I am curious what that means, since I thought they were removing the HART? Someone correct me if I am wrong...

[ZaFo711]

I noticed Higby stated that "We are removing the timer on the shuttle". I am curious what that means, since I thought they were removing the HART? Someone correct me if I am wrong...

just noticed that myself, i assume they will still have some sort of drop pod system type deal. and just remove the need to wait on a timer for the hart to arrive in order to hart drop, who knows maybe a new type of dropship center? lol

[TheHalekTheory]

im assuming the cert timer will be based like that of EVE, in which case, im fine with. what im not fine with is flashy-ness. if i want flashy, theres combat arms. i personally dont need a big sign popping up telling me i have a kill streak, thats what the chat pane is for. thats just me, i could be looking at the whole thing wrong, we'll see what its all about at release

[Huma]

Quick explanation of what they mean by training multiple skills in que. In Eve you can select a skill to train immediately. After that you have a que that you can place skills that you would like to train following the one you selected. So you'll train one skill and the switch to the next in que and so on. This was in place so you don't have to micro manage your training and also so that you could constantly have skills training without having to log on to switch them. Works great if your going to be away a couple days.
As far as the empire specific stuff is concerned I think their making a good choice. By giving pilots and drivers one empire specific vehicle each their making balancing easier. The common pool vehicles will be perfectly balanced so they only need to tweak the empire specific stuff. I can see the NC bird being. Little slower, packing more armor, and fewer more powerful guns. TR would be less armor and more maneuverable with more guns on it, and the VS would be the lights armor, more manueverable, and packing energy weapons.

[Peacemaker]

Wow. How incredible is it that you could tell us that. -_-

ANYWAYS....

Empire specific Fighters? Oh shit yeah.

[Huma]

Good catch, that IS pretty awesome. We haven't heard anything about empire-specific air vehicles yet. Not sure if the "main fighter" he's talking about would be the Mossie, Reaver, or some other ship, but I'm really looking forward to that.

I must have missed it before, but I also didn't know we'd be able to level multiple skills simultaneously. I figured we'd work on improving the assault rifle one day, then your tank the next day, then your stamina, etc. I'm excited that I'll be able to improve sniping, medic, and MAX all at once.

-HC13

Not everyone knows how it works Peace. Just because you know doesn't mean you should make the same assumption regarding everyone else.